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COVID-19: Explaining the variance in people�s trust and policy compliance

Funder: Economic & Social Research Council
Duration: February 2022 - January 2025

People

Name Telephone Email Office
Professor Dorothy Yen Professor Dorothy Yen
Deputy Dean/Professor in Marketing
T: +44 (0)1895 267318
E: dorothy.yen@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267318 dorothy.yen@brunel.ac.uk Eastern Gateway 215
Professor Steve Pickering Professor Steve Pickering
Honorary Professor - BBS
(Principal investigator)
E: steve.pickering@brunel.ac.uk
steve.pickering@brunel.ac.uk
Dr Bryan McIntosh Dr Bryan McIntosh
Reader in Healthcare Management
T: +44 (0)1895 268886
E: bryan.mcintosh@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 268886 bryan.mcintosh@brunel.ac.uk Eastern Gateway 210

Outputs

Pickering, S. and Hansen, ME. (2025) 'Tracks of Solidarity: Public Opinion and Railway Worker Strikes'. Industrial Relations Journal, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 0019-8692 Open Access Link

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Pickering, SD., Hansen, ME., Dorussen, H., Reifler, J., Scotto, T., Sunahara, Y. and et al. (2025) 'Trust in scientists and doctors: The roles of faith, politics, education and gender'. Public Understanding of Science, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 0963-6625 Open Access Link

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Pickering, SD., Hansen, ME. and Sunahara, Y. (2025) 'Democracy by algorithm? Public attitudes towards AI in parliamentary decision-making in the UK and Japan'. Parliamentary Affairs: devoted to all aspects of parliamentary democracy, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 22. ISSN: 0031-2290 Open Access Link

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Internet publication

Pickering, S., Sunahara, Y. and Hansen, ME. (2025) 'Examining trust in public service news providers: A comparison of the BBC and NHK'. Communications: the European journal of communication research, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 17. ISSN: 0341-2059 Open Access Link

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Kawakami, R., Scotto, TJ., Dorussen, H., Pickering, S., Reifler, J., Sunahara, Y., et al. (2025) 'Who gets in? a conjoint analysis of labour market demand and immigration preferences in England and Japan'. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 20. ISSN: 1369-183X Open Access Link

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Pickering, SD., Hansen, ME., Iwasaki, M., Masita, G., Sunahara, Y. and Roskam, A. (2025) 'Who eats seaweed? Barriers and motivations in Japan versus the United Kingdom'. Food Quality and Preference, 133. pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 0950-3293 Open Access Link

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Tura, F., Pickering, SD., Hansen, ME. and Hunter, J. (2025) 'Intersectional inequalities in trust in the police in England'. Policing and Society: an international journal of research and policy, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 1043-9463 Open Access Link

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Yen, DA-W., Dorussen, H., Pickering, S., Hansen, M., Scotto, T. and Reifler, J. (2025) 'Public attitudes towards disclosing personal and anonymous health-related data and information'. British Journal of Health Care Management, 31 (1). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 1358-0574 Open Access Link

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Pickering, SD., Gökçe, Ö., Hanna, D., Knell, M., Lee, D., Scales, M., et al. (2024) 'Public perceptions of human excretion-based fertiliser in England and Japan'. Waste Management Bulletin, 2 (4). pp. 11 - 20. ISSN: 2949-7507 Open Access Link

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Internet publication

Hansen, ME. and Pickering, SD. (2024) 'The role of religion and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in England'. Vaccine, 42 (13). pp. 3215 - 3219. ISSN: 0264-410X Open Access Link

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Internet publication

Pickering, SD., Dorussen, H., Hansen, ME., Reifler, J., Scotto, T., Sunahara, Y. and et al. (2024) 'London, you have a problem with women: Trust towards the police in England'. Policing and Society: an international journal of research and policy, 34 (8). pp. 747 - 762. ISSN: 1043-9463 Open Access Link

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Hansen, ME. and Pickering, SD. (2024) 'From plaster casts to picket lines: Public support for industrial action in the National Health Service in England'. Nursing Inquiry, 31 (3). pp. 1 - 11. ISSN: 1320-7881 Open Access Link

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Dorussen, H., Hansen, ME., Pickering, SD., Reifler, J., Scotto, T., Sunahara, Y. and et al. (2024) 'The influence of waiting times and sociopolitical variables on public trust in healthcare: A cross-sectional study of the NHS in England'. Public Health in Practice, 7. pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 2666-5352 Open Access Link

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